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OT Air travel in 1930s
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If not Colin Furze, how about "Electroboom"?
Love his stuff. Might even have a go at some of it myself. Tim
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#*?#@?!! health and bloody safety
Seen it all now... Just bought a couple of made to measure roller blinds on the internet and very nice they are too. Except for one thing. Heavy metal ball chain (no 10 gauge, aka 4.5mm balls) - good....
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For the want of a socket...
Funny where this DIY lark can lead you... For ages I have had a short extension lead draped across the room to power the fridge since its original socket was eliminated in a bit of a reorganisation...
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OT:Car dealer embarresment :(
Local dealer came to collect SWMBO motability car for a service. I mentioned the non-working electric sunscreen (it's a Citroen Grand Picasso). Just been delivered, with a note "sunscreen working OK",...
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110mm soil pipes - male+female & flow direction
Does anyon know if any building reg specifying that the female end of a coupler must point backwards (uphill, towards the flow source), and the male end of the coupler must point forward (downhill, in...
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Orangutan vs Adam's apprentices
Orangutang DIY video 1:23 on Perhaps Adam would be better off with a new species of little helper? If you thought the Lyre Bird was a good mimic, you're in for a treat. This clip will bring your heart...
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Lanyard for Makita 10.8V drill/driver & impact driver?
Anyone know where to find - or how to make - a lanyard which can be attached to a Makita 10.8V Li-Ion driver? I bought a pair at the turn of the year (HP330D drill/driver and TD090D impact driver)....
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OT Snp Joke.
Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon was touring Perthshire in the First Minister's chauffeur driven car. Suddenly a cow jumped out into the road. They hit it full on and the car comes to a stop....
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Garage doors
Sometime this summer I have to deal with my garage. Historically, it was extended at the front by about 4 feet. This extension is slowly falling down and I could use the space on the drive, so I'm...
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Replacement wall light switches
Doubtless a daft question, but ... I want to replace some of our ordinary white wall light switches, some one way and some (landing light) two way. Seen a box of ten two way that would suit....
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Water and human proof bell push needed
Well says it all. I have a little door phone and after about 6 months trying to keep the call/bell button has been abandoned in favour of an old bell push I found in a drawer with a Woolworths price...
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alt.internet.talk.haven
Just found a vacant newsgroup that might suit a lot of us who post OT subjects in uk legal and the D-I-Y group. Shall we jump ship and use this group to save the annoyance of posters who don't like...
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OT: Making a knife
I don't know whether many people here watched the BBC4 programme about Owen Bush making a kitchen knife on BBC4 the other night? I would have liked to understand a bit more about what he was doing,...
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OT: What you can and can't do at a polling station
Can you wear political clothing? People shouldn't wear party political clothing. At the last general election Nigel Tonkin, then Westminster Council's head of administrative services, said that...
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